Streltzovia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae from East Asia. By general appearance, it is very similar to Spilosoma species, but male genitalia are different. The genus consists of only one species, Streltzovia caeria, which is found China.

Streltzovia
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Streltzovia

Dubatolov et Wu, 2008
Species:
S. caeria
Binomial name
Streltzovia caeria
(Püngeler, 1906)
Type species
Spilosoma streltzovi
Dubatolov, 1996
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia (Spilosoma) caeria Püngeler, 1906
  • Spilosoma caeria
  • Spilosoma mienshanica Daniel, 1943
  • Spilosoma mienshanicum
  • Spilosoma streltzovi Dubatolov, 1996

Subspecies edit

  • Streltzovia caeria caeria (China: Qinghai, Gansu, Nei Mongol)
  • Streltzovia caeria mienshanica (Daniel, 1943) (China: Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Nei Mongol, Heilongjiang)
  • Streltzovia caeria streltzovi (Dubatolov, 1996) (China: northern Heilongjiang)

References edit

  • Dubatolov, V. V. & Wu, Ch., 2008: On the systematic position of Spilosoma caeria (Pungeler, 1906) and Spilosoma mienshanicum Daniel, 1943 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 367–374, 9 figs., pl. 15–17, Würzburg.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog